Starry Messenger
by Neil deGrasse Tyson · first published 2022
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Starry Messenger - Galileo Very fun and readable. He's so excited to tell the world about what he's learned.
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago?” ↗Galileo refers in this to a book he had published earlier, the "Starry Messenger". It is well worth reading. Galileo had just build the first ever telescope and he describes what he has discovered: there are incredibly more stars than can be seen by the naked eye; Jupiter has satellites;…
on ““The Assayer” by Galileo Galilei (1623) [pdf]” ↗…miserably for their mission. Speaking truth to power in defense of the colonized and powerless has generally been another of their dangerous practices They published a Mandarin translation of Galileo's Starry Messenger and notes on sunspots within about 15 years of Messengers' first publication in Italy. They were successful in converting Japanese by not attempting to replace Japanese culture wholesale. The arrival…
on “How the Jesuits Charted the World” ↗